Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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While standing at her locker. Jennifer Reitz and Pat Metzler discuss their plans for the weekend. A great combination, you and your Locker As tedious as some classes may seem, the place where we spend the most time during the school day is at our lockers. With the eight passing times plus five minutes at each end of the day, our locker time is easily the longest and most social period of the day. During these brief four minutes, some of our closest friends are made. But this isn't much of a surprise. You have to be somewhat friendly with the people around you to be willing to cram your way through a tightly packed mass of arms and legs to lean precariously over someone kneeling on the floor desparately pulling on a notebook buried beneath a foot of de- bris in the locker next to yours while attempting to recall those three magic numbers. On the other hand, as Evelyn Volza laments, Lockers this year are the worst, because they changed them around and I’m not near my friends. Which brings up the most impor- tant criteria for a good locker—its lo- cation. I wish my locker was closer to my classes. It's often difficult to get to my locker in time because they're spread all over the place,” complains Jean Brussel. And where will your locker be situated? Answers Amy McBride, Never where you want it.” Lockers tell a lot about a person— whether or not they are decorated or clean. Mine is a mess because other people throw their stuff in too,” says Penny Brotherton. Much can be told about a person by what he keeps with- in. Some people decorate their lock- ers and make sure the inside is neat. But others just leave them looking dull and throw their belongings inside like they were junk,” remarks Nicole Butera. To these latter types the most unusual surprises are given, such as Steve Russett, who found a petrified peanut butter and jelly sandwich dur- ing locker clean out last year. Oh, just in case you feel that putting up with the mob around your locker or the lock that never wants to open isn't worth the hassle, talk to Chris Fowler who still doesn't have one. 3

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Stacy Dugar and Kelly Durkin stop at their lockers after school before cross country and soccer practice. Decorating lockers is a tradition for most stu- dents, and Tania Gale shows hers off. 16 Lockers

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 Anytime is Mealtime FOOD—everyone thinks about it at one time or another. When it comes to lunchtime, soph- omore Andy Mancari declares No matter how hungry I am, I refuse to eat the school food. John Sherman differs in opinion, It's not really that bad.” The grilled cheese is pretty good,” comments Sue Dunn. And then there are some people who don’t even have a lunch period. But they can often get out of a class a little early to quickly munch on something. Many people are especially hungry for lunch because they skip breakfast. Junior T.J. Cavino is one who skips it because he claims he's not hungry that early in the morning. Junior Mary Beth Stier munches a bagel almost everyday for breakfast. Senior Scott Stocking’s favorite breakfast is slightly ... differ- ent. He loves eating chocolate chip cookies with Bugs Bunny and Pals grape drink. He likes all the vitamins in the drink as well as the free stickers. Dinnertime is where the true cooking skills (or lack of skills) shine through. Junior Penny Brotherton makes dinner quite often for her fam- ily. What’s her favorite meal to prepare? Home-made macaroni and cheese.” When absolutely desperate Scott Stocking will make Captain Crunch a la milk for his family. Now you know where to and not to accept an invitation to dinner ... People's favorite foods differ con- siderably. Mike Kulik’s favorite meal is beef stroganoff. Kelly Fairbanks and Rob Burkhart both agree that pizza is the best. Shannon Watt's tastes are a little more expensive: lobster. Whether you prefer pizza or lobster, to eat breakfast or not, it must be agreed that food makes the world go 'round. Not to mention a few people as well!! Students, such as Mike Ocasio, make the day of our cafeteria staff. Everybody enjoys a good cookie, Pat DeFazio and Katie Leyda, are no exception as they drool over their selections.